Category Archives: The 4 Cubes

4 Cubes 2023: Triumph Against the Odds

In the wake of their thrilling semi-final victory against Leuven in Spring, the Brussels team, led by captain Guy Van Middelem and featuring Kristoffer De Weert, Ithzak Solsky, Paul van Dijke, and Paulus van Rooijen, had their sights set on … Continue reading

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4 Cubes 2023: Ghent’s challenger is known

Today, Sunday, March 5, Brussels received Leuven in a duel for the right to challenge Gent, holder of the 4 Cubes since 2019. Play took place in one of the bridge rooms of the Royal Orée in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe. Brussels had … Continue reading

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4 Cubes remain in Ghent for at least another year

On Tuesday evening, October 25, 2022, challenger Brussels took up the gauntlet and traveled to Ghent, eager to earn the 4 Cubes which stayed there during the covid period. The final encounter the 4 Cubes 2022, Belgium’s backgammon interclub championship … Continue reading

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4 Cubes 2022 final Ghent-Brussels on Tuesday, October 25

The final of the 4 Cubes 2022 will be played on Tuesday, October 25, at 19:30 in the Koninklijke Union Sandeman in Ghent. Ghent, holder of the 4 Cubes trophy since 2019, will have home advantage against Brussels, which defeated … Continue reading

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Brussels defeats Leuven and will challenge Ghent for the 4 Cubes 2022

As told in an earlier post, the 4 Cubes 2022 format is simplified to two encounters: first, Brussels and Leuven play to decide who can challenge the current trophy holder Ghent, and second, the winner of the Brussels-Leuven encounter will … Continue reading

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4 Cubes 2022

In early 2020, the 4 Cubes competition for Belgian backgammon clubs had barely started when you-know-what happened and the competition had to be cancelled. Now, more than two years later, players from Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven, agreed to restart things … Continue reading

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4 Cubes 2020 cancelled

Beste vrienden, ploegkapiteins, Het zal niet verbazen dat het organisatiecomité besloten heeft om de 4 Cubes 2020 te annuleren. Er moeten nog 9 van de 10 matchen gespeeld worden, en in de huidige toestand is het ondenkbaar om deze wedstrijden … Continue reading

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Tournaments etc. postponed/cancelled (2)

Due to the measures to limit the propagation of the COVID-19 virus, the following live backgammon activities are postponed or cancelled: Leuven Monthly (Friday, April 24) 4 Cubes rounds 2 & 3 (Sunday, April 26) Brussels Friendly 100 (Friday, May … Continue reading

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Last roll double clinches Brussels 4 Cubes 2020 derby

On Friday the 21st of February, in a nearly crowded tennis club ‘le Roseau’ (admittedly most of the members more interested by the football game on TV), both Brussels teams started their 4 Cubes campaign 2020 playing against each other. … Continue reading

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Gent wins 4 Cubes 2019

With 5 victories out of 5 encounters, the team of Gent has convincingly conquered the 4 Cubes 2019. Runner-up was Leuven 2, who held the 4 Cubes for three consecutive years 2016-2018. In total, six teams participated at the 2019 … Continue reading

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